🌾 Harvest Festival, 2023
In 2023, Lightning Rod ® had the longest average wait at Dollywood, at 41 minutes, followed by Big Bear Mountain (34 minutes) and FireChaser Express ® (34 minutes). 22 of the 34 rides have an average wait of 15 minutes or less.
| Ride | Overall average wait time, mins |
|---|---|
| Lightning Rod ® | 41 |
| Big Bear Mountain | 34 |
| FireChaser Express ® | 34 |
| Dollywood Express Train Depot | 29 |
| Dragonflier | 29 |
| Mystery Mine ® | 24 |
| Wild Eagle ® | 21 |
| Black Bear Trail | 20 |
| Smoky Mountain River Rampage | 18 |
| Thunderhead ® | 18 |
| Rockin' Roadway | 17 |
| Sky Rider | 16 |
| Blazing Fury | 15 |
| The Scrambler | 15 |
| The Amazing Flying Elephants | 14 |
| The Mad Mockingbird | 14 |
| Treetop Tower | 14 |
| Demolition Derby | 13 |
| Shooting Star | 13 |
| Tennessee Tornado | 13 |
| Whistle Punk Chaser® | 12 |
| The Waltzing Swinger | 11 |
| Daredevil Falls | 10 |
| Lemon Twist | 10 |
| Barnstormer | 9 |
| Great Tree Swing | 9 |
| Village Carousel | 9 |
| Busy Bees | 8 |
| Frogs & Fireflies | 8 |
| Lumberjack Lifts | 8 |
| Lucky Ducky | 7 |
| Drop Line® | 6 |
| Piggy Parade | 6 |
| Hidden Hollow | 5 |
In 2023, Lightning Rod ® saw the longest peak waits at Dollywood, with its daily maximum averaging 76 minutes, ahead of FireChaser Express ® (60 minutes) and Big Bear Mountain (56 minutes).
| Ride | Average maximum wait time, mins |
|---|---|
| Lightning Rod ® | 76 |
| FireChaser Express ® | 60 |
| Big Bear Mountain | 56 |
| Dragonflier | 49 |
| Dollywood Express Train Depot | 45 |
| Mystery Mine ® | 38 |
| Wild Eagle ® | 36 |
| Smoky Mountain River Rampage | 33 |
| Rockin' Roadway | 32 |
| Thunderhead ® | 31 |
| Black Bear Trail | 29 |
| Blazing Fury | 25 |
| Sky Rider | 24 |
| The Mad Mockingbird | 23 |
| Treetop Tower | 23 |
| Tennessee Tornado | 22 |
| The Amazing Flying Elephants | 22 |
| The Scrambler | 22 |
| Demolition Derby | 20 |
| Busy Bees | 19 |
| Whistle Punk Chaser® | 19 |
| Barnstormer | 18 |
| Daredevil Falls | 18 |
| Shooting Star | 18 |
| The Waltzing Swinger | 18 |
| Frogs & Fireflies | 15 |
| Lemon Twist | 15 |
| Great Tree Swing | 14 |
| Lumberjack Lifts | 14 |
| Village Carousel | 14 |
| Drop Line® | 10 |
| Lucky Ducky | 9 |
| Piggy Parade | 8 |
| Hidden Hollow | 5 |
| Month | Average crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| Jan | — |
| Feb | — |
| Mar | — |
| Apr | — |
| May | — |
| Jun | — |
| Jul | — |
| Aug | — |
| Sep | 31 |
| Oct | 66 |
| Nov | — |
| Dec | — |
In 2023, Thursday was the quietest day of the week at Dollywood, averaging 45% compared with 88% on Saturday. On average, weekdays are 29 percentage points quieter than weekends.
| Day | Average crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| Sun | 62 |
| Mon | 48 |
| Tue | — |
| Wed | 46 |
| Thu | 45 |
| Fri | 46 |
| Sat | 88 |
| Day | Crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| October 09, 2023 | 99 |
| October 12, 2023 | 99 |
| October 11, 2023 | 99 |
| October 07, 2023 | 98 |
| October 13, 2023 | 97 |
| October 08, 2023 | 96 |
| October 21, 2023 | 96 |
| October 14, 2023 | 95 |
| October 06, 2023 | 88 |
| October 28, 2023 | 84 |
| Day | Crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| September 21, 2023 | 8 |
| September 22, 2023 | 8 |
| October 16, 2023 | 12 |
| September 27, 2023 | 12 |
| October 25, 2023 | 12 |
| September 20, 2023 | 17 |
| October 20, 2023 | 18 |
| October 26, 2023 | 18 |
| September 25, 2023 | 21 |
| September 28, 2023 | 24 |